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As far as I know Microsoft's CEO hasn't done a demo that went wrong like happened with Google. So far, from what I've seen, it is users testing Bing to find err

As far as I know Microsoft's CEO hasn't done a demo that went wrong like happened with Google. So far, from what I've seen, it is users testing Bing to find errors. The outcome, that they're both giving poor results, is the same, but with a company CEO and a live demo involved, it's always going to get more attention than someone on Reddit putting the product through its paces and finding it lacking. >A Microsoft executive declined CBS News' request to test some of those mechanisms, indicating the functionality was "probably not the best thing" on the version in use for the demonstration. Microsoft apparently isn't acting from a position of panic, so they have been savvier with how they've presented their product to the media and the world. Google panicked and set their CEO up for embarrassment.

airstrike 4y ago
> As far as I know Microsoft's CEO hasn't done a demo that went wrong like happened with Google. Right before the interview, the reporter was testing it out with the Bing AI project manager (I think, can't recall her exact role) and it was giving driving directions to places that were either in the wrong direction or to an entirely made up location
JackC 4y ago
> As far as I know Microsoft's CEO hasn't done a demo that went wrong like happened with Google. Close enough -- the parent article we're discussing is about errors in screenshots from a demo by Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President & Consumer Chief Marketing Officer for Microsoft. The first screenshot appears in the presentation at 24:30.